Browsing by Subject "Anthropocene"
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Constitutional conversations in the anthropocene: in search of environmental Jus Cogens Norms
(Springer Link, 2015)This chapter investigates the existence of environmental jus cogens norms and the possibility of extending peremptory norms into the environmental domain. For this purpose, the chapter briefly describes the trite manifestation ... -
Host-parasite associations in the globally invasive Xenopus laevis
(North-West University (South Africa), 2021)In the Anthropocene, the movement of species takes place at unprecedented rates. As ranges shift in reaction to climate change or through human mediation, we need to understand the complex novel interactions that arise. ... -
Menseregte, die omgewing en omgewingskonstitusionalisme
(LitNet, 2015)As one of the primary expressions of substantive constitutionalism, human rights are considered ethical demands that operate at an elevated juridical level. The appeal of human rights to social movement energies and energetic ... -
Towards a social justice-oriented environmental law jurisprudence in South Africa
(North-West University (South Africa), 2020)The problem that this thesis seeks to address is the South African judiciary's failure, in general, to recognise in the adjudication of environmental law disputes that social injustices are connected to harmful environmental ...